Нужно перевести текст в косвенную речь и задать к нему 10 вопросов. ! ! a visit to moscow mr smith is an old man. he's recently retired and so he's got a lot of time for travelling. he's соme to moscow as a tourist now he's sitting in the hotel hall and talking to leonid petrov, his guide. petrov: is this your first visit to moscow, mr smith? smith: yes. but i've heard a lot about moscow from my father. he was here before the revolution. moscow wasn't the capital then, was it? petrov: quite right. it only became the capital in 1918. smith: the city has changed very much. you can hardly recognize any of the streets and squares. i don't think young people like you are member the dirty, narrow streets my father _saw in the suburbs, and in the centre, too during his visit. petrov: i'm afraid i don't. i wonder what you will say after you've seen our new district in the sou th - west.. smith: oh, i've heard about it from a friend. he told me it was a beautiful place with wide, straight streets and many gardens. we are going there, aren,t we? petrov: yes, well see it on the way to the new building of moscow uni versity. mr smith аlsо said that he had heard a lot about the tretyakov. picture gallery and would, like to see it. leonid told him that they were planning to see the gallery in a few days. they were also going to see towns and villages, hospitals, collective farms, museums, exhibitions and 'many 'other interesting things. mr smith hoped he would see several other important industrial and agricultural centres in the soviet union addition to moscow.

An explanation of the steps to convert the text into indirect speech and the formulation of 10 questions based on the text:

Step 1: Identify the reporting verbs and change them accordingly.
- "asked" can be used for "is this your first visit to Moscow?"
- "said" can be used for "yes. but I've heard a lot about Moscow from my father."
- "wondered" can be used for "i wonder what you will say after you've seen our new district in the south-west."
- "asked" can be used for "we are going there, aren't we?"
- "said" can be used for "mr smith also said that he had heard a lot about the Tretyakov Picture Gallery and would like to see it."

Step 2: Change the tenses of the reported speech accordingly.
- Change Present Simple tense to Past Simple tense.
- Change Present Continuous tense to Past Continuous tense.
- Change Present Perfect tense to Past Perfect tense.
- Change Present Progressive tense to Past Progressive tense.

Step 3: Change pronouns, adverbs of time and place, determiners, etc. if necessary.
- "he/they" can be used for "Leonid" and "Mr Smith."
- "there" can be used for "Moscow."
- "here" can be used for "the hotel hall."
- "now" can be used for "currently."

Step 4: Construct the questions based on the converted text.

1. Did Mr. Smith ask if it was his first visit to Moscow?
2. What did Mr. Smith say he had heard a lot about from his father?
3. Was Moscow the capital before the revolution?
4. Did Mr. Smith say that the city had changed a lot?
5. Are young people likely to remember the dirty, narrow streets?
6. Does Leonid wonder what Mr. Smith will say after seeing the new district in the south-west?
7. Did Mr. Smith say he had heard about the new district from a friend?
8. Are they going to the Tretyakov Picture Gallery?
9. Did Leonid tell Mr. Smith that they were planning to see the gallery in a few days?
10. Besides Moscow, does Mr. Smith hope to see other important industrial and agricultural centers in the Soviet Union?

Note: The questions may vary depending on how the text is converted and the interpretation of the context.